Means for filling and closing barrels.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

E. BBRLINBR. MEANS FOR FILLING AND CLOSING BARR'ELS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT rnrcn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14;, 1906.

Application filed March 1 1904:. Serial No. 196,038.

To aZZ whom it warty concern:

Be it known that I, Enron BERLINER, a subject of the King of Prussia,German Emperor, residing at N o. 64 Ronsdorferstrasse, Elberfeld,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means forFilling and Closing Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for filling and driving the bungsinto beer-barrels and other receptacles after they have I been properlyfilled.

he invention has particular reference to the provision of means fordriving the bung or stopper into the barrel after the same has beenfilled with sterilized beer or liquid, and I employ means which placesthe stopper in position without exposing the beer to the contact of airat any time.

. The drawing shows a vertical sectional view of a bung-driver embodyingthe principles of my invention.

I prefer to employ a casing through which the fluid is forced into thebarrel and in which is contained the bung or stopper, which is afterwardpositioned and driven in a special way.

Referring to the drawing, 1) denotes the top of a barrel which is to befilled and plugged, and 6 indicates a boss or protuberance upon thesame, having exterior screwthreads for a purpose which will presentlyappear.

79 indicates a shouldered recess or opening through the boss 1),extending into the barrel.

I provide a casing m in the form of a tubular frame having a chamber orenlarged cavity at one side thereof.

g indicates a coupling-nut which screws upon the boss I) and holds thecasing m in place in any desired way, which will be readily understood.

Leading into the casing m I provide a plurality of inlet-pipes, of whichone is indicated at p and comprises a stop-cock at the side of thecasing. The other of the inlet-pipes en ters the casing through a formof plunger or tube which moves telescopically into and out of thecasing. n designates this plunger or tube and is provided with alongitudinal duct or channel having a laterally-proj ecting pipeincluding the stop-cock w. The tube 12. has a knob 0 at its upper end,by which it may be casing, so as to be movable in and out therethrough.Adjacent to the plate 8 and adapt ed to be pushed by the same is abushing g of a size adapted to receive the cork or bung which is to beapplied to the barrel.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The sterilizing fluid isfirst admitted through a pipe n into the barrel to cleanse the same,after which it is expelled by the pressure of carbonic-acid. or othergas admitted through the pipe p. The beer or other fluid may now beadmitted through the tube n, and when the receptacle is full the tube ais raised so that its lower end is above the range of movement of thebushing The bushing g is now pressed forward by its rod t until it dropsthrough the casing into the shouldered recess 6 of the barrel, afterwhich the tube n may be pressed down by blows upon the knob 0 or in anyother way, so as to firmly drive and fix the bung r in position.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

A device for filling and closing receptacles, consisting of a casingadapted to be fitted at the bung of the receptacle, a tube arranged toslide through the casing and into the bunghole, means whereby liquid canbe passed through the tube, the casing having a chamber at one side, abushing disposed in said chamber and arranged to contain a stopperfitting the bung-hole, a rod extending out of the chamber arranged tomove the bushing from the chamber into the casing in alinement with thetube and bung-hole, the bushing being smaller than the casing to passdown onto the bung, the tube being arranged to enter the bushing andforce the stopper into the bung-hole.

Intestimony whereor l have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ERIOI-I BERLINER. Witnesses:

EMIL P. AFENBRUCH, PAUL NOAOK.

